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MAY 32, 2037, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A33 Childress leads Celts into GVC tournament By DEREK WILEY Of the Keizertimes McNary junior Hannah Childress will attempt to ad- vance to her third straight OSAA tennis state tourna- ment Saturday, May 13 in Sa- lem. The Greater Valley Con- ference singles tournament began Wednesday, May 10 at the Salem Tennis and Swim Center. As the No. 3 seed, Chil- dress will compete against 35 other girls with the top four advancing to the state tour- nament next weekend at the Tualatin Hills Tennis Center in Beaverton. Childress fi nished third in the GVC singles tourna- ment last year after winning the doubles tournament her freshman season with sister Sandy. Childress lost to two girls this season—No. 1 seed Anya Gerasimova of West Salem and No. 2 seed Ceanne Elliot of West Albany. She also had closes matches with South Salem freshman Abby Fedor, who enters the district tour- nament as the 4 seed. “I know there’s tough competition,” Childress said. “We’re all very close skill wise. The two matches that I lost against Anya and Ceanne, I do feel like I could’ve defi nitely done better scoring wise and I think I can beat them. I have a chance. I’d like to at least get my seeding. I’m just going to do my best because that’s all I can do.” GILBERT, continued from Page 12 “What struck me at the end of the process is Josiah in his innocent way didn’t even real- ize how good he was,” Keeker said. “It was just that humble innocence that got my at- GVC track fi nals May 32 McNary’s track and fi eld team got its fi nal tuneup for the Greater Valley Con- ference Championships in a dual meet against host South Salem and North Sa- lem on Wednesday, May 3. Brendan Van Voorhis, who hopes to qualify for the state tournament in the 100, 200 and 400, easily won the 400 at South Salem in 51.94 seconds. Van Voorhis, Lucas Gar- vey, Anthony Tellez Her- nandez and Jose Solorio STREAK, continued from Page 12 KEIZERTIMES/Derek Wiley McNary junior Hannah Childress entered the GVC district tour- nament as the No. 3 seed. Katherine Perez, Dianna Cervantes and Tanveer Sand- hu will also represent McNary in the district singles tourna- ment. The teams of Natalie Gonzalez and Sofi a Zielinski, Mireille Martinez and Lilia Hawes, McKenna Seig and Taylor Walker and Juana Bara- jas and Melissa Jimenez are playing in the doubles tour- nament. “I’m hoping at least half of our team wins their fi rst round match,” McNary head coach Garrett Jensen said. “I think that’s a reasonable goal. We fi nished 3-9 on the sea- son, which is one win better than last year. I hope that we either meet or exceed that ranking in the district as well. If we can bump up a notch and beat a team that beat us during the regular season, that would be great.” tention about him as a ninth grader that I remember.” By his sophomore year, Gil- bert was pitching on the var- sity team. “I remember going out to state my sophomore year,” Gilbert said. “I was the third starter and we played against Sheldon and I got the oppor- tunity to go pitch against the team that ended up winning state and I gave up two earned runs, two unearned runs in four innings of work. It was a great experience for me and something I defi nitely needed. It was just exceptional.” Gilbert was voted a team captain before the 2017 season. “Josiah has earned every bit of this in terms of his future to play baseball at Pacifi c Univer- sity,” Keeker said. “We want to put a good swing on a good pitch. We’ve been successful with that ap- proach.” The Celtics added a run each in the third, fourth and fi fth to continue to pad their lead. Ismay was 3-for-4 with a triple and three RBIs. Covalt was also 3-for-4 with a double. Josiah Gilbert earned the win on the mound, striking out fi ve and allowing seven hits and three earned runs over six innings. Geist got the fi nal three outs to fi nish off the ROUT, continued from Page 12 Just two pitches later, Faith Danner continued the big in- ning, hitting a solo home run to center fi eld. McMinnville began to slowly chip away at McNary’s lead in the top of the second, scoring two runs on a home run and double. But with Hudson back in the circle, the Lady Celts add- ed three more runs in the bot- tom of the second. The Grizzlies threw four different pitchers at McNary and made substitutions every inning in the infi eld and out- fi eld but none of it mattered as Diaz also won the 4x400 relay in 3:32.36. Alex Shararbarin cleared 12-06 to win the pole vault. Angie Martushev went 8 feet to win the girls pole vault. Emma Garland won the 800 girls race in 2:41.37. Alyssa Looney, Court- ney Giessinger, Dawma- nique Rodriguez and Kai- ley Doutt took fi rst in the 4x100 relay in 51.94. Looney and Giessinger, McNary’s best two chances to qualify for the state tour- Saxons. After back-to-back losses to Sprague and West Salem dropped McNary’s league re- cord to 4-6, the Celtics’ four- game winning streak began on Wednesday, May 3 with a 9-3 win over the Titans. McNary came from behind to win 5-4 at South Salem on Friday, May 5. The Celtics took the lead in the top of the seventh when Ismay scored on a Benson single. The Saxons got the tying run to third in the bottom of the seventh but he was thrown out at home to end the game, trying to score on a sacrifi ce fl y. McNary then took care of business at Forest Grove on Saturday, May 6, winning 8-1. Ismay pitched the fi rst fi ve innings, allowing just two hits, a walk and no runs. “The guys just stayed the course and we kept telling them that we believe and one of these days we’re going to get on a roll so right now we’re enjoying the roll,” Keek- er said. I”t’s best to be playing the best baseball at the end of the year so that’s what we’re gonna try to do. We’re going to try to take this thing as long as we possibly can.” The Celtics were scheduled to fi nish league play May 10- 11 against McKay. The state playoffs begin Monday, May 22. the Celts continued to knock around McMinnville. “We took the informa- tion that we had from the fi rst game and we fi gured out if we can just poke the ball and just get good base hits, we’ll be fi ne,” Wise said. “Yesterday we worked on zero defense and we spent two hours hitting and it showed today. We had a plan and they stuck with it and executed it perfectly.” McNary loaded the bases in the second. After Cepeda scored on a wild pitch, Kinler hit a sacrifi ce fl y to right fi eld to drive in Ebner. Carr then came home on a pop fl y single by Duran. The Lady Celts scored four more runs in the third. Witt drove in Danner and Sabella Alfaro with a single to left fi eld. After another pitching change, Carr hit a two-out single to score Witt. Duran then added another single to bring home Carr. Alfaro scored McNary’s fi nal run of the game in the fourth on a ground ball by Ebner. Danner, who pitched all fi ve innings, allowed just one hit in the top of the fi fth be- fore fi nishing off the Grizzlies to earn the win. The Lady Celts improved to 17-4 overall and 12-2 in the GVC. Their fi nal league game is Friday, May 12 at home against Sprague. The state tournament be- gins Monday, May 22. crossword We are Everything Except Overpriced Simple Cremation $795 Inexpensive Burial and Funeral Options Pre-Planning Available On-Site Crematory 4365 RIVER RD N, KEIZER 503.393.7037 Se habla español nament in the long jump, didn’t compete in the event at South Salem. Cambrian Partridge won the discus with a throw of 98-09.5. The GVC Champion- ships began Wednesday, May 10 at West Albany High with prelims in most of the running events as well as pole vault, long jump and discus. Finals and shot put, jav- elin, high jump and triple jump are scheduled for Fri- day beginning at 5 p.m.
